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Last weekend, in the Spanish football championship that started, some teams played wearing unusual jerseys. The teams faced the wrath of Spanish authorities and had to remove their main sponsors - betting companies - from the most visible spot on their uniforms. Last October, the Spaniards decided not to allow clubs to glue logos of gambling companies on jerseys, as officials believed that it would influence the most vulnerable members of society too much. Without being flexible in the situation, clubs like "Granada", "Real Sociedad", "Alaves", "RCD Mallorca", "Cadiz", and "Levante" had to play with especially "plain" jerseys. Similar situations may arise in England in the near future. At the beginning of this year, future sanctions were mentioned for clubs, which, in truth, still remain unimplemented. It has been calculated that removing advertising of gambling companies from championships like "Championship" would result in teams losing at least £40 million in annual revenue.
